Assistant Teaching Professor

About

  • Role

    Faculty

  • Position

    • Assistant Teaching Professor

  • Concentration

    • Art History

  • Department

    • Art and Art History

  • Education

    • PhD

Biography

I earned my PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. My current teaching ranges from large AUCC courses to upper division classes in art history.

Above all else, teaching is about connection for me.  My goal as an educator is to connect with my students as individuals.  My primary role is to empower them in their own education and to create a welcoming learning environment to motivate all to strive for excellence.  To this end, I value a class climate in which students connect with each other and view classmates as their community.  In this environment we attain deeper levels of engagement and critical thinking when discussing themes, questions, and connections to their lived experiences.  All are welcome in my classes.  It's not about what students bring to the class; they can succeed based on what they do in class.

I am proud to be a TILT Teaching Effectiveness Fellow and a recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts.

Publications

Publications:

“Restored, Repurposed, Reassessed:  The Abbey Church of Quedlinburg across Five Germanys.” In:  A Companion to the Abbey of Quedlinburg in the Middle Ages (Karen Blough), Brill Publishing, 2022.

“ ‘Now I prophesize, Lehnin, your future destiny’:  Christoph Hehl and Romanesque Revival in the Rosary Church (1899-1900).”  Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, 9, no. 1 (Spring 2010).

“Restored, Reassessed, Redeemed:  The SS Past at the Collegiate Church of St. Servatius in Quedlinburg.”  In Beyond Berlin:  Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past, edited by Paul B. Jaskot and Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, University of Michigan Press, 2008.

“Striking Gold:  The Lives of Byzantine Coins Along the Silk Roads.” Sino-Platonic Papers, no. 142 (July 2004):  38-48.